Daniel Tammet used his synesthesia to help him memorize pi to 20,000 digits. However, it is an open question whether the average synesthete has a memory advantage over those who do not have synesthesia.

Dr. Jamie Ward explains how synesthesia can be tested for using different methods. One method focuses of the specificity of color associations and high test-retest reliability. Another test involves pattern perception where people with synesthesia...

Dr. Jamie Ward talks about different types of synesthesia and how they relate to the concept of sequences in the brain. Types of synesthesia include number and letter color, word-taste, vision-music, spatial sequences, and mirror-touch synesthesia.